Sindhu S sindhus@live.in 2013 Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3756@gmail.com 2013 Michael Hill mdhillca@gmail.com 2013 View and edit keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of keys that allow you to perform actions, such as opening the settings dialog or accessing a feature inside Terminal quickly. These shortcuts can be modified to suit your preferences.

To change a keyboard shortcut:

Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select Preferences.

In the sidebar, select Shortcuts.

Make sure Enable shortcuts is selected.

Select the shortcut that you wish to edit by clicking on it.

Once the shortcut is selected, click on the shortcut key combination to edit it.

Press your desired shortcut key combination as you would enter it to use it. The keys that you can use include Alt, Alt Gr, Ctrl, Shift, Super, number and letter keys.

Mnemonic key combinations, such as Alt F will not work.

Once you have entered your new shortcut, it will automatically be saved and you should see it in the list next to the corresponding action.

To disable a shortcut, edit it and press the Backspace instead of the new shortcut.
<gui style="menu">File</gui> shortcuts

The default shortcuts for options in this section are:

Action

Keyboard Shortcut

New Tab

ShiftCtrlT

New Window

ShiftCtrlN

Close Tab

ShiftCtrlW

Close Window

ShiftCtrlQ
<gui style="menu">Edit</gui> shortcuts

The default shortcuts for options in this section are:

Action

Keyboard Shortcut

Copy

ShiftCtrlC

Paste

ShiftCtrlV
<gui style="menu">View</gui> shortcuts

The default shortcuts for options in this section are:

Action

Keyboard Shortcut

Full Screen

F11

Zoom In

Ctrl+

Zoom Out

Ctrl-

Normal Size

Ctrl0
<gui style="menu">Search</gui> shortcuts

The default shortcuts for options in this section are:

Action

Keyboard Shortcut

Find

ShiftCtrlF

Find Next

ShiftCtrlG

Find Previous

ShiftCtrlH

Clear Highlight

ShiftCtrlJ
Tab shortcuts

The default shortcuts for options in this section are:

Action

Keyboard Shortcut

Switch to Previous Tab

CtrlPage Up

Switch to Next Tab

CtrlPage Down

Move Tab to the Left

ShiftCtrlPage Up

Move Tab to the Right

ShiftCtrlPage Down

Switch to Tab 1

Alt1

Switch to Tab 2

Alt2

Switch to Tab 3

Alt3

Switch to Tab 4

Alt4

Switch to Tab 5

Alt5

Switch to Tab 6

Alt6

Switch to Tab 7

Alt7

Switch to Tab 8

Alt8

Switch to Tab 9

Alt9

Switch to Tab 10

Alt0
Other

There are also some shortcuts that cannot be edited:

Action

Keyboard Shortcut

Scroll up by one line

ShiftCtrlUp

Scroll down by one line

ShiftCtrlDown

Scroll up by one page

ShiftPage Up

Scroll down by one page

ShiftPage Down

Scroll to the top

ShiftHome

Scroll to the bottom

ShiftEnd
Bash shortcuts

These are Bash shortcuts. Bash is usually the default shell.

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Bash shell specific keyboard shortcuts are:

Action

Keyboard shortcut

Erase a word

CtrlW

Erase a line

CtrlU

Move to the start of the line

CtrlA

Move to the end of the line

CtrlE

Move back one character

CtrlB

Move back one word

AltB

Move forward one character

CtrlF

Move forward one word

AltF

Delete from the cursor to the beginning of the line

Ctrlu

Delete from the cursor to the end of the line

CtrlK

Delete from the cursor to the start of the word

CtrlW

Delete previous word

AltBackspace

Paste text from the clipboard

CtrlY

Clear the screen leaving the current line at the top of the screen

CtrlL

Reverse incremental search of history

CtrlR

Reverse non-incremental search of history

AltP